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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Mark Hessling <M.Hessling@qut.edu.au>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
+ * Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * For platforms that don't use autoconf, put these here...
+ */
+
+#if defined(DOS) && defined(__EMX__)
+# define HAVE_ASSERT_H        1
+# define HAVE_GETOPT_H        1
+# define HAVE_CTYPE_H         1
+# define HAVE_IO_H            1
+# define HAVE_LIMITS_H        1
+# define HAVE_MALLOC_H        1
+# define HAVE_SETJMP_H        1
+# define HAVE_SIGNAL_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDARG_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDLIB_H        1
+# define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H      1
+# define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H     1
+# define HAVE_STRING_H        1
+# define HAVE_UNISTD_H        1
+# define HAVE__FULLPATH       1
+# define HAVE_GETOPT          1
+# define HAVE_PUTENV          1
+# define HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY    1
+# define HAVE_FTRUNCATE       1
+# define HAVE_MEMCPY          1
+# define HAVE_MEMMOVE         1
+# define HAVE_STRERROR        1
+# define HAVE_VSPRINTF        1
+# define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME   1
+#endif
+
+#if (defined(OS2) || defined(__OS2__)) && defined(__EMX__)
+# define HAVE_ASSERT_H        1
+# define HAVE_GETOPT_H        1
+# define HAVE_CTYPE_H         1
+# define HAVE_FTRUNCATE       1
+# define HAVE_GETOPT          1
+# define HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY    1
+# define HAVE_IO_H            1
+# define HAVE_LIMITS_H        1
+# define HAVE_MALLOC_H        1
+# define HAVE_MEMCPY          1
+# define HAVE_MEMMOVE         1
+# define HAVE_PUTENV          1
+# define HAVE_SETJMP_H        1
+# define HAVE_SIGNAL_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDARG_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDLIB_H        1
+# define HAVE_STRERROR        1
+# define HAVE_STRING_H        1
+# define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H      1
+# define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H     1
+# define HAVE_TIME_H          1
+# define HAVE_UNISTD_H        1
+# define HAVE_VSPRINTF        1
+# define HAVE__FULLPATH       1
+# define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME   1
+#endif
+
+#if (defined(OS2) || defined(__OS2__)) && defined(__IBMC__)
+# define HAVE_ASSERT_H        1
+# define HAVE_CTYPE_H         1
+# define HAVE_FTRUNCATE       1
+# define HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY    1
+# define HAVE_IO_H            1
+# define HAVE_MEMCPY          1
+# define HAVE_MEMMOVE         1
+# define HAVE_PUTENV          1
+# define HAVE_MEMORY_H        1
+# define HAVE_STRING_H        1
+# define HAVE_SETJMP_H        1
+# define HAVE_ERRNO_H         1
+# define HAVE_STDARG_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDLIB_H        1
+# define HAVE_STRERROR        1
+# define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H      1
+# define HAVE_VSPRINTF        1
+# define HAVE__FULLPATH       1
+# define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME   1
+#endif
+
+#if (defined(OS2) || defined(__OS2__)) && defined(__WATCOMC__)
+# define HAVE_ASSERT_H        1
+# define HAVE_CTYPE_H         1
+# define HAVE_IO_H            1
+# define HAVE_MALLOC_H        1
+# define HAVE_MEMCPY          1
+# define HAVE_MEMMOVE         1
+# define HAVE_PUTENV          1
+# define HAVE_SETJMP_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDARG_H        1
+# define HAVE_STRERROR        1
+# define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H      1
+# define HAVE_UNISTD_H        1
+# define HAVE_VSPRINTF        1
+# define HAVE__FULLPATH       1
+#endif
+
+#if defined(WIN32) && defined(__WATCOMC__)
+# define HAVE_ASSERT_H        1
+# define HAVE_CTYPE_H         1
+# define HAVE_FTIME           1
+# define HAVE_IO_H            1
+# define HAVE_MALLOC_H        1
+# define HAVE_MEMCPY          1
+# define HAVE_MEMMOVE         1
+# define HAVE_SETENV          1
+# define HAVE_SETJMP_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDARG_H        1
+# define HAVE_STRERROR        1
+# define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H      1
+# define HAVE_UNISTD_H        1
+# define HAVE_VSPRINTF        1
+# define HAVE__FULLPATH       1
+# define HAVE__SPLITPATH2     1
+/* # define HAVE_FTRUNCATE      1*/
+#endif
+
+#if defined(WIN32) && defined(_MSC_VER)
+# define HAVE_ASSERT_H        1
+# define HAVE_CTYPE_H         1
+# define HAVE_FTIME           1
+# define HAVE_FTRUNCATE       1
+# define HAVE_IO_H            1
+# define HAVE_LIMITS_H        1
+# define HAVE_MALLOC_H        1
+# define HAVE_MEMCPY          1
+# define HAVE_MEMMOVE         1
+# define HAVE_SETJMP_H        1
+# define HAVE_SIGNAL_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDARG_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDLIB_H        1
+# define HAVE_STRERROR        1
+# define HAVE_STRING_H        1
+# define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H      1
+# define HAVE_VFPRINTF        1
+# define HAVE__FULLPATH       1
+# define HAVE__SPLITPATH      1
+#endif
+
+#if defined(WIN32) && defined(__CYGWIN32__)
+# define HAVE_ASSERT_H        1
+# define HAVE_CTYPE_H         1
+# define HAVE_FTRUNCATE       1
+# define HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY    1
+# define HAVE_GRP_H           1
+# define HAVE_IO_H            1
+# define HAVE_LIMITS_H        1
+# define HAVE_MALLOC_H        1
+# define HAVE_MEMCPY          1
+# define HAVE_MEMMOVE         1
+# define HAVE_PROCESS_H       1
+# define HAVE_PUTENV          1
+# define HAVE_PWD_H           1
+# define HAVE_SETJMP_H        1
+# define HAVE_SIGNAL_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDLIB_H        1
+# define HAVE_STRERROR        1
+# define HAVE_STRING_H        1
+# define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H      1
+# define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H     1
+# define HAVE_UNISTD_H        1
+# define HAVE_VFPRINTF        1
+# define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME   1
+/* # define HAVE_FULLPATH        1 */
+#endif
+
+#if defined(WIN32) && defined(__MINGW32__)
+# define HAVE_ASSERT_H        1
+# define HAVE_CTYPE_H         1
+# define HAVE_IO_H            1
+# define HAVE_LIMITS_H        1
+# define HAVE_MALLOC_H        1
+# define HAVE_MEMCPY          1
+# define HAVE_MEMMOVE         1
+# define HAVE_PROCESS_H       1
+# define HAVE_PUTENV          1
+# define HAVE_SETJMP_H        1
+# define HAVE_SIGNAL_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDLIB_H        1
+# define HAVE_STRERROR        1
+# define HAVE_STRING_H        1
+# define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H      1
+# define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H     1
+# define HAVE_UNISTD_H        1
+# define HAVE_VFPRINTF        1
+# define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME   1
+/* # define HAVE_FTRUNCATE       1 */
+/* # define HAVE_FULLPATH        1 */
+/* # define HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY    1 */
+#endif
+
+#if (defined(DOS) || defined(MSDOS)) && defined(DJGPP)
+# define HAVE_ASSERT_H        1
+# define HAVE_CTYPE_H         1
+# define HAVE_FTRUNCATE       1
+# define HAVE_GETOPT          1
+# define HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY    1
+# define HAVE_IO_H            1
+# define HAVE_LIMITS_H        1
+# define HAVE_MALLOC_H        1
+# define HAVE_MEMCPY          1
+# define HAVE_MEMMOVE         1
+# define HAVE_PUTENV          1
+# define HAVE_RANDOM          1
+# define HAVE_SETJMP_H        1
+# define HAVE_STDARG_H        1
+# define HAVE_STRERROR        1
+# define HAVE_STRING_H        1
+# define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H      1
+# define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H     1
+# define HAVE_TRUENAME        1
+# define HAVE_UNISTD_H        1
+# define HAVE_USLEEP          1
+# define HAVE_VFPRINTF        1
+# define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME   1
+# ifndef _MAX_PATH
+#  define _MAX_PATH           PATH_MAX
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#if defined(_AMIGA)
+# define HAVE_ASSERT_H        1
+# define HAVE_MEMCPY          1
+# define HAVE_MEMMOVE         1
+# define HAVE_PUTENV          1
+# define HAVE_SETJMP_H        1
+# define HAVE_STRERROR        1
+# define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H      1
+# define HAVE_UNISTD_H        1
+# define HAVE_VFPRINTF        1
+# define UNIX                 1
+#endif